•to notify companies who will be submitting weapons of all requirements ahead of time (rather than, say, suddenly canceling a program after years because they felt it needed to use Commercial Off-The-Shelf—when they never mentioned that in the specification before)

•to have stages of testing that allow brief breaks for companies to go and make improvements to their product and try again

•to have the testing accurately reflect planned usage with up-to-date input from active forces and not be heavily compromised by political goals (e.g., meeting NATO standardization agreements)